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"Combining theoretical and practical aspects of policy analysis, this book evaluates actual and proposed policy reforms to income tax and transfer systems, using a behavioural tax microsimulation model. It highlights how these models allow for the full details of tax systems and the considerable...
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(2007), 'Mainstream, Heterodox, and Feminist Trade Theory' in Irene van Staveren, Diane Elson, Caren Grown and Nilüfer … Neoclassical Assumptions', in Marianne A. Ferber and Julie A. Nelson (eds), Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics … Disciplinary Authority in Economics', in Marianne A. Ferber and Julie A. Nelson (eds), Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and …
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Indirect taxes have become an increasingly important revenue-raising tool for governments in developed countries. In this book, John Creedy applies his wealth of experience and expertise to the analysis of indirect taxes and, in particular, concentrates on the modelling of indirect tax reform...
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In Fiscal Policy and Social Welfare John Creedy examines alternative tax and transfer systems and their redistributive effects. Drawing on original research, this volume concentrates on modelling tax structures and their implications for social welfare and income distribution. After reviewing...
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In most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades. This book analyses both the political origins of this increase and its consequences for the labour market
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appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and …
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Since its emergence in the 1980s, the subject of Household Finance has rapidly grown into a critical area of economic focus. Research, policy and practitioner interest has increased as household portfolios have become more complicated in response to financial innovation and new challenges in...
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The prospect of simultaneously achieving a 'greener' environment, increased tax revenues and lower levels of unemployment has made ecological taxes an increasingly popular proposition. This volume examines the possibility of ecological tax reform in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Norway and...
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empirical information, while at the same time presenting an overview of the latest theory and best practices. In doing so, many …
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The eminent contributors (including Altshuler, Creedy, Freebairn, Gravelle, Heady, Kalb, Sørensen and Zodrow) investigate the beneficial directions for medium-term tax reform in the light of global developments and lessons from the latest taxation research. In addressing this issue, they review...
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